These days, Royals starter Danny Duffy feels good. The pain from his strained oblique is gone. The muscle feels fully healed. The only thing left now, he says, is to finish out the rehab process and build up the requisite pitch count needed to start a major-league game.
That process continued Tuesday afternoon as Duffy faced live hitters during a 40-pitch session on the field at Kauffman Stadium. Duffy is scheduled to log a similar — but longer — session on Friday. He could head out on a rehab assignment next week. Barring setbacks, he is on a rough timeline to re-join the Royals’ rotation at, or shortly after, the All-Star break.